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Water Ways: More Restaurants Favor Filtered

TODAY’S HEADLINES: Water Ways: More Restaurants Favor Filtered ... It’s the 90% That Matters ... Chef John Besh Sets Out to Save New Orleans’ Food Heritage ... ‘So Bad It's Genius’ ... A Different Way Restaurants Can 'Recycle' ... Consumers Give Opinions on Ads with Recession Messages

October 14, 2009

	Water Ways: More Restaurants Favor Filtered
	Restaurants opting to banish bottled water in favor of filtered tap water face a dilemma: Ask customers to pay for the premium version or absorb the costs. Read the full story >>

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It’s the 90% That Matters

The restaurant business is not unlike an iceberg--only about 10% of an iceberg is above the surface. That's the part that competitors most often copy. Your brand core is within the other 90%. Read the full story >>

Chef John Besh Sets Out to Save New Orleans’ Food Heritage

Besh champions the traditional New Orleans way of living and eating that goes far beyond the usual stereotype jive of "laissez les bons temps rouler." Read the full story >>

Butterball Foodservice proudly presents our NEW Turkey Bacon
Butterball Foodservice presents great tasting Turkey Bacon for your breakfast menu. Our new Turkey Bacon was developed with perfected flavor profiles to create the best in class Turkey Bacon for the foodservice industry. Butterball's Turkey Bacon is low in fat, calories and sodium, providing your patrons with the health benefits they want and deserve. And best of all, Butterball is a brand your patrons know and trust. Click here for more information.

Bread-Crusted Wild Striped Bass with Olive Purée and Livornese Sauce
Positano Coast, Philadelphia
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‘So Bad It's Genius’

Like watching car wrecks? Then you'll love Adweek columnist Barbara Lippert's brutal dissection of Friendly's new television commercial. Read the full story >>

Get Mobile with R&I To Go
Visit mobile.rimag.com to stay connected with the foodservice community while you’re on the move. Get the latest restaurant industry and product news, with first-hand content that is just as searchable as from your PC with R&I’s mobile Web site. Click here to learn more.

A Different Way Restaurants Can 'Recycle'

Consider a different kind of "recycling": Give it away instead of throwing it away. Donate leftover food, packaging, equipment and furniture to charities. Read the full story >>

Consumers Give Opinions on Ads with Recession Messages

Americans are split on attitudes toward advertising that mentions the recession and economic troubles; two in five, however, do not have an opinion on these types of ads. Read the full story >>

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